Bulgarian Empire

On August 12, 1912, the internal meeting of the four Allied Powers proposed by Ferdinand was held secretly in Paris.

Attending the meeting were Minister of the Navy Churchill on behalf of the United Kingdom, Minister of Foreign Affairs Edward, Russia on behalf of Grand Duke Mikhail Alexandrovich, Bulgaria on behalf of Foreign Minister Megev, and Army Minister Popov.

Obviously, this secret only refers to the content of the meeting. This meeting cannot be kept secret. Britain, Russia, and Bulgaria have all sent heavyweights to participate. As long as the Germans are not stupid, they will know that this is aimed at them.

Therefore, on October 7, 1912, the Allies also held a tit-for-tat meeting in Berlin. Obviously, both sides are starting to prepare for war, and the smell of gunpowder in Europe is getting stronger.

Ferdinand didn't know what kind of agreement the Allies reached, but after this meeting of the Allies, the Quadruple Alliance was really established!

The British are no longer free, and they also need to assume military responsibility for the three countries. There is no way that they will not take military responsibilities, and the Russians will not join, so we can't let the two countries face the Allies, right?

In that case, the world hegemony of the British Empire can also change hands, and Ferdinand will definitely back down immediately!

According to the newly signed "Four Nations Treaty", if any country in the alliance is attacked for no reason by the fifth country, the four countries must immediately negotiate and take joint actions to maintain world peace!

Apparently it was against the Allies, or rather against the Germans! Except for the Allies, no one in the world dares to attack the Allies, or even if there are idiots who dare to start a war, they don’t need the Allies to act together to settle the situation. Everyone still has confidence in this!

At the same time, the countries also signed the "British-French Naval Treaty", under which the French will undertake the obligation to protect the British colonies in the Mediterranean, and the British will undertake the responsibility to protect the French Atlantic coast.

At the same time, once the war breaks out, the French navy will be obliged to take joint actions with the Bulgarian navy to immediately block the Strait of Otranto and prevent the confluence of the Allied navies.

As for the division of interests among the countries after the war, this is not something that can be negotiated in a short period of time. From Ferdinand's point of view, it is estimated that the world war may break out and everyone may still be confused!

However, this time there is a preliminary division of the obligations undertaken by each country:

The British are responsible for solving the German navy, and at the same time will send the army to support the French; the French are responsible for fighting against Germany and Italy on the western front, and at the same time are responsible for guarding the Mediterranean route;

Bulgaria and the Russians jointly deal with the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Romania, and the Ottoman Empire; at the same time, the Russians must also attack the German mainland to contain the German troops; Bulgaria is also responsible for solving the Kingdom of Montenegro, and the navy must cooperate with the French. Send troops to Italy.

Of course, it doesn’t matter whether the combat tasks are divided or not. Once the war breaks out, everyone will still fight like this. It’s all determined by the geographical location. If you don’t fight the enemy, the enemy will still fight you!

Especially the French are the worst. They are likely to be attacked by the two major powers of Germany and Italy at the beginning of the war. Even with the help of the British, their losses will definitely be indispensable!

Therefore, Ferdinand proposed to distribute the post-war benefits according to the obligations and contributions made in the war, which won the support of the French.

Well, no matter how it is distributed, Bulgaria has the lowest right to speak among the four countries, and the current distribution of benefits is only a draft, and it needs to be specifically distributed in the later stage according to the actual contribution of each country.

In principle, the British would get all the spoils of the German navy and carve up the largest share of the Allied colonies; It is meaningless for everyone to belong to Poland and German Poland. Other territorial claims need to be looked at in detail; Bulgaria's unification of the Balkans is also acceptable, but the colonial issue depends on contribution!

Simply put, in terms of core interests,

The countries still take care of each other, so that there will be no internal conflicts before the war begins!

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Ferdinand said dissatisfiedly: "President, from now on we will speed up the immigration of Greeks, and we can take special measures if necessary, and our pre-buried dark hands can also act!

Two years have passed since the end of the Second Balkan War, and there are still more than 1.2 million people in the Greek peninsula. If the war breaks out, it will be an untimely bomb! "

After the internal meeting of the Allied Powers ended, the mutual endorsements of all countries were obtained, and Ferdinand became more courageous.

All the Ottomans on the Greek peninsula have been repatriated, but in addition to the 300,000 to 400,000 Greeks who were forcibly taken away at the beginning, only more than 200,000 people were relocated in the next two years. Ferdinand was very dissatisfied.

Oh, it’s not that the government didn’t work hard. Originally, under Ferdinand’s combination of punches, the lives of the people on the Greek peninsula were miserable and they had to leave their homes, but the Bulgarian government’s Peninsula Railway project saved them.

Because the construction of railways and roads requires a lot of labor, they found jobs again. In addition, the Bulgarian railway company is a state-owned enterprise after all, and strictly implements Bulgaria's labor protection laws.

Therefore, the Greeks who found a job can still survive now, and even many people who are repairing the railway are not only a little bit tired, but their wages are much better than their previous jobs, so naturally they will not leave.

Ferdinand discovered this just now, but he did not criticize the railway company's approach. Since the system has been formulated, it must be implemented, otherwise there will be endless troubles!

After thinking for a while, Constantine said hesitantly, "Your Majesty, if the Greeks are expelled now, it will be difficult for us to find so many workers in a short period of time. The progress of the railway construction may be greatly affected, and the expenditure will also increase greatly!"

Ferdinand thought for a while and said: "Well, if there are not enough laborers, let's continue to find a way from the Russians! As for the increased expenditure, that's good. The goods imported and exported from our sea area and land to the Greek peninsula are levied. A 50% tariff should make up for our losses!"

Well, the Greek peninsula is now surrounded, and the surrounding waters are Bulgarian territorial waters. If half of the tariffs are imposed, it is estimated that the price of the Greek peninsula will rise to the sky, and the Greeks will not be able to leave if they want to!

"Yes!" Constantine replied

As long as it is in the interests of Bulgaria, everyone can do without morals. As for the Greek Bulgarian government's willingness to pay for them to go to Syria to live and work in peace, it is already very conscientious in this era.

In law, George I is now equivalent to the Greek Grand Duke granted by Bulgaria. In theory, Ferdinand can still negotiate with George I for a fief.

Anyway, no matter what others think, Ferdinand has reached an agreement with George I to let him go to the Jordan River to be king. That's right, the king, Ferdinand agreed to the independence of the Greeks, provided that they were on the territory divided by Bulgaria!

In return, Ferdinand was also responsible for helping King George I clean up the house, killing those who threatened his royal power, protecting his interests as a king, and providing him with a loan!

The current ecological conditions in Jordan are not as bad as those of later generations, and the destruction of vegetation is far less serious than that of later generations. In history, the Greeks once occupied Jordan, and they are quite familiar with the situation there.

Even later generations of Jordan have 900,000 hectares of arable land, and this era will only have more, which is more than enough to accommodate more than one million Greeks.

Anyway, Ferdinand only needs to ensure that they can survive and not starve to death. It is not his problem to get rich and become well-off.

As a cover, Ferdinand did not directly immigrate Greeks to Jordan, but now Syria over. After the outbreak of the World War and the Ottomans killed in Syria, King George I was allowed to raise a banner in Jordan to attract refugees and win people's hearts.

If the Ottomans did not come out to spread hatred, Ferdinand estimated that the Greeks would probably always regard Bulgaria as their life and death enemy!

But when the massacre of the Ottomans came, all this was different in terms of survival, and they had to rely on Bulgaria's military protection.

Even if the war is over, the people of the Middle East will not welcome the Greeks as outsiders. Even in later generations, they will have to rely on Bulgaria for national defense!

Well, Ferdinand admitted that Jordan is a piece of bad land. Apart from developing agriculture, there are basically no other resources, but it doesn’t matter if the neighbors around have it. As long as the Greeks work hard, they can learn from the Jews!

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Following Ferdinand's order, the Greek people suddenly found that life was difficult again. Their income did not change, but they couldn't stand the rapid rise in prices!

Needless to say, the large and small domestic factories will go bankrupt directly.

Oh, now all the Greek capitalists with a little bit of brains have run away, even the international capitalists have withdrawn their capital, paying tolls everywhere, this business is really not run by people.

The Greek people suddenly realized that the situation was not right, and this day was really impossible. In Bulgaria, 1 lev can buy two kilograms of white bread, or 5 kilograms of black bread, but in Greece, only 5 levs can buy one kilogram of black bread.

Fortunately, after working hard for a day, even the most basic life cannot be guaranteed. Many people choose to run away. As long as they can survive, Syria is Syria. They have no right to choose anyway.

There are also some people who are unwilling to be oppressed, and with the support of the allies, they are preparing to launch an uprising to overthrow the corrupt Greek government, expel the Bulgarians, and rebuild Greater Greece.

Well, just think about it, smart people know that now the Greek people have no spirit of resistance, no one has not been driven to a dead end, and the ordinary Greek people do not have the courage to desperately have the back road!

Originally, these so-called revolutionaries tried to use the bourgeoisie to start an uprising, but unfortunately the capitalists saw the opportunity quickly and ran away ahead of time.

The lives of the Greek people are not easy, but it does not mean that the lives of Greek officials are also not easy! Now they can exploit the people unscrupulously, and no one cares, is everyone's little life still nourishing?

As for the situation in Greece, don't they know? No! They know better than anyone else, so these smart people want to take the opportunity to make a fortune, otherwise Greece is finished, what will they live on in the future?

At the same time, Ferdinand ordered the publication of "The Rise of the Great Powers", which introduced the road to the rise of several major powers in the world today with heavy pen and ink.

Of course, this is completely different from the "rise of the great powers" rumored in later generations. It only introduces the eight major powers of Britain, France, Germany, Austria, Russia, Italy, the United States, and Japan. The declining Spain and Portugal are naturally ignored.

The more important thing here is of course the private goods mixed with Ferdinand. He attributed the reasons for the rise of various countries to three points: 1. Shrewd leadership; 2. Good geographical location; 3. Abundant resources!

It was proposed for the first time that a country must meet these three conditions if it wants to rise, especially the first and second. It also took Belgium and Sweden as examples. They all decided that they could not become a world power because of their geographical location!

And made a conclusion: a country is too far away from heaven, too close to the great powers, it is doomed that the country cannot rise!

It is also very constructively proposed that there are no great powers born in Latin America, Africa, and Southeast Asia, and they have the conditions to build a powerful country, and encourage ethnic immigrants who will build a world power!

Oh, and I also pointed out that Japan in East Asia is still a soft-footed shrimp. As long as the Qing government defeats them, they can still return to the ranks of great powers! Otherwise, just...

The embarrassing thing is that when this book was published, the Manchu Qing government no longer existed, and I don’t know if the revolutionaries have noticed this little hint!

By the way, Ferdinand also analyzed the mainstream contradictions in the world today, and clearly pointed out that the confrontation between the two major alliances is to compete for resources and markets.

Well, Ferdinand's "The Rise of Great Powers" was written for all ethnic groups in the Balkans. Bulgaria wants to unify the Balkans, so they can't do it! Based on how much you can fool, count as much, at least you can alleviate future troubles!

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